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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 17, 2013
Filed:
Mar. 31, 2011
Yoshito Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshito Terashima, Tokyo, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus is provided which includes an imaging section which converts incident light which is incident from a subject via a lens and generates an imaging image; a selection section which, in regard to each of a plurality of ranging areas arranged in the generated imaging image, obtains a subject distance which is a distance from the lens to a subject included in the ranging area and an MTF for each of the ranging areas in relation to the lens, and selects a ranging area which includes a subject to be a focusing target as a focusing target area based on the obtained subject distance and MTF; and a focus control section which performs focus control so as to focus on a subject included in the selected focusing target area.